Faculty Members
FUKUDA Tomoko
Professor
Research Field
Japanese literature
Research Topic
Research on manuscripts of Japanese classical literature and their expressions
I study the expressions in kana literature in the Heian period such as waka and narratives. My literary research is based on accurately compiled differences between various versions and empirical data aggregated from a philological standpoint. I teach students specific methods necessary for logical inquiry into the nature of the literary work.
HATANO Kenji
Professor
Research Field
data engineering, Internet information science, library and information science
Research Topic
Development of technology for effective storage, search and use of big data
Today’s advanced information society is not only seeing overflow of data but also its complexity. People solve various problems by collecting information from such data and acquiring new knowledge through using them. I teach students the skill to store, search and use appropriate data for solving the problems they deal with.
HOSHI Hidehito
Associate Professor
Research Field
linguistic theory, syntax
Research Topic
Descriptive, theoretical, and experimental syntax of natural language
I work on the development of a theoretical model explaining various syntactic phenomena in natural language. Furthermore, I examine the validity of the theoretical model by experimentally testing the hypothesis about linguistic competence and performance.
ITO Noriko
Associate Professor
Research Field
functional linguistics
Research Topic
Modelling of the Japanese grammatical and semantic resources applicable to large corpus analyses
I am engaged in the study and description of Japanese language both in written and spoken forms. I am trying to work out a computational model of grammatical and semantic resources applicable to analyze large corpus, which allows us to improve information retrieval and conversational agent systems.
SAKATA Mamiko
Professor
Research Field
body media theory, body culture studies
Research Topic
Dynamic structure of multimodal interaction
I examine the mental state and thinking process of those who express in interpersonal communication through the integration and complementary relationship of verbal and non-verbal aspects. I also research the mechanism of humans’ acquisition of physical skills based on the verified data of physical movements, and specifically demonstrate the process where humans learn movements through mimicking as a skill inheritance model.
SHEN Li
Professor
Research Field
theoretical linguistics, linguistic typology
Research Topic
Analyses of the interface between syntax and morphology, explication of linguistic change in time and space
I specialize in the comparative research and theory construction in Asian languages, as well as the mechanism of linguistic change through language contact. I teach students how to analyze linguistic data with a linguistic method and put the results together in a verifiable way, and provide them with the practical skill of linguistic data analyses using the inductive or deductive method.
SHIMOJIMA Atsushi
Professor
Research Field
cognitive science, mathematical logic
Research Topic
Logical and psychological study of the cognitive functions of diagrammatic representations
I approach the issue of the functions and anti-functions of diagrammatic representations from the viewpoints of both logic and psychology. I use the method of mathematical logic to form hypotheses on how diagrammatic representations express information and how they help our thinking and understanding. The hypotheses are then tested through psychological experiments.
SUGIO Takeshi
Professor
Research Field
cognitive science, object recognition
Research Topic
Cognitive mechanisms of object recognition in cultural contexts
My recent research focuses on the cognitive mechanisms of reading diagrams such as tables and graphs. In order to read a diagram properly, we need to rely on conventional knowledge about how the diagram is constructed and how it corresponds to the external world. How we recognize objects and patterns in such cultural context is examined using a psychological method.
TAGUCHI Tetsuya
Professor
Research Field
comparative cultural studies
Research Topic
Quantitative analysis of formation of trends, comparative urban studies
I study how the cultures of different countries are expected to be merged and reorganized in the increasingly globalizing contemporary society and how human cultural activities are being rewritten. I teach students how to extract behavioral data from image, music, fashion and literature of different cultures, how to form their influential relationship and how to compare and contrast them.
TSUMURA Hiroomi
Associate Professor
Research Field
spatio-temporal informatics, anthropology
Research Topic
Ethnological and historical survey and study of human cultural heritage
Human activities consist of coordinates on the temporal and spatial axis, and each phenomenon there is normalized by the thematic axis called behavior. I provide students with the skill to computerize various human behaviors from a phenomenological viewpoint, and the methodology to evaluate the phase of spatio-temporal connection and interpret human behavior.
YADOHISA Hiroshi
Professor
Research Field
statistical science
Research Topic
Theoretical characterization of multivariate data analysis methods and development of a new method
My research interests include multivariate data analysis methods, social network analysis, sports data analysis, matrix decomposition-type multivariate analysis methods and symbolic data analysis methods. I teach students the theory and application of various methods of multivariate data analyses and provide them with the practical problem-solving skill using statistical science.
YAMAUCHI Nobuyuki
Professor
Research Field
English linguistics, corpus linguistics
Research Topic
Research on the methodology of linguistic description and study of Japanese and English usages
I deal with linguistic descriptions and usages in various linguistic phenomena in English and Japanese. I encourage students to utilize various corpora and seek for the best method of analysis for a variety of linguistic phenomena, and teach them the methodology of linguistic analyses for solving their respective research questions in linguistics.
ZHENG Yuejun
Professor
Research Field
sociometry
Research Topic
Development of methods for obtaining behavioral data, quantitative study of cultural and social phenomena
In addition to sociometric theory, my current study is focusing on various social issues and cultural phenomena including consumer behavior, pro-environmental behavior, organizational culture and cross-national comparison of identity and values. I provide students with the method of data science for investigating collective patterns of human behavior based on the survey data.